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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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